The ACM, which organised last Sunday’s memorial service at Durban’s Sastri College, demanded the apology after some of the league’s members booed axed finance minister Pravin Gordhan and ANC treasurer-general Zweli Mkhize at the service.
The ANCYL was allegedly violating a Durban High Court order that barred it from disrupting the service.
ACM lawyer Viren Singh wrote a letter to the ANCYL’s attorneys, stating there was “overwhelming evidence” indicating the “unlawful conduct constitutes an attack on the rule of law and the constitution and calls for an appropriate response and censure”.
Despite this, Singh said they had decided to give the ANCYL an opportunity to apologise, according to the ACM’s terms, before going the litigation route.
The ANCYL was ordered to confirm its response in writing by 4pm on Saturday if it wished to avoid a court case.
The league booed Gordhan and Mkhize because they were unhappy with both men for having criticised President Jacob Zuma.